Alex Trebek

The Chicago TV broadcast of the Cubs vs. the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon may have fans of the quiz show "Jeopardy!" asking the question: Where the heck is Alex Trebek? The answer: Airing at 3:10 a.m. Thursday. The 1:20 p.m. Cubs game will run on ABC-owned WLS-Ch.7, a new broadcast partner this season, bumping "Jeopardy!" and other popular afternoon shows into the wee hours. It is the first of seven such weekday programming disruptions this summer, with the balance of the station's 24-game Cubs schedule airing on weekends and evenings. For fans of the displaced programs who can't stay up all night waiting for Final Jeopardy, there are two...

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